The Old Maid

About this film

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Old Maid by Dora Sigerson Shorter. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 6, 2015. Read in English by David Lawrence; Eric Burns; Newgatenovelist; Garth Burton; Greg Giordano; Larry Wilson; Leonard Wilson; Maria Kasper and Sandra Knight. Dora Maria Sigerson Shorter was an Irish poet and sculptor, who after her marriage in 1895 wrote under the name Dora Sigerson Shorter. She was born in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of George Sigerson, a surgeon and writer, and Hester (née Varian), also a writer. She was a major figure of the Irish Literary Revival, publishing many collections of poetry from 1893. Her friends included Katharine Tynan, Rose Kavanagh and Alice Furlong, writers and poets. ( Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B Audiobook (8MB)

Directors & creators

Dora Sigerson Shorter

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; literature; poetry; romance; loneliness; growing old;

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